YSaC, Vol. 658: An die ferne Geliebte, this ain’t.

2010 May 6

Romantic literature abounds with stories of people who have crossed paths with their soul mate, pining away for them for years, only to be reunited by some fantastic twist of fate.

These are probably not two of those stories.

License plate: DOR – m4w – 47


Hi I met this very attractive woman driving an Audi with CT license plate : DOR.

If any one know’s or see’s her, please pass this message along to her. I believe she’s from the Manchester area.

I gave her and her mom directions to a Church a few years back.

I can’t decide if it’s sweet or creepy that this fellow has remembered part of someone’s license plate for “a few years”. Or at all. Or even noticed the license plate to begin with.

But he’s not the worst offender on the Missed Connections Statute of Limitations rule:

red head 6 years ago at panamacity bike week – 38


looking for red head i meet at cyoty uglys in panmacity 6 yaers ago during bike week. your name was kelly and you wer 37 a the time. we wet for a ride. lost your number.

Douglas sends this one in, pointing out, “Barring this person’s atrocious grasp of the English language, what kills me is that SIX YEARS after their paths crossing, the only attempt to get this Kelly person’s attention is to remind her that the single most defining moment of their short but clearly star-crossed relationship during BIKE WEEK was that they went for a BIKE RIDE. Bold. Also, Kelly, if you were wondering why you hadn’t heard from one of the dozens of guys you went riding with from Coyote Ugly’s six years ago, it’s because he lost your number.”

Thanks, Sarah and Douglas, for demonstrating that romance is not dead — it’s just been sleeping for a few years.

197 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 May 6
    sarajean80 permalink

    Who says romance is dead?

    Incarcerated for “a few”-6 years maybe, but not dead.

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    • 2010 May 6
      TacoMagic permalink

      Love is like a maximum security penitentiary. Sometimes it happens unexpectedly in the middle of the night and can be rather painful.

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      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        and sneaks up on you from behind??

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        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          When love is in the air don’t drop the soap.

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        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          You should write for Hallmark, TM.

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        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Chef on ‘South Park’ – “Prisoner of Love”

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        • 2010 May 6
          A. Lion permalink

          DO NOT roll over, Beethoven.

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      • 2010 May 6
        EclecticBlue permalink

        TM, you misspelled “maximum security penetration.”

        You’re welcome 🙂

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    • 2010 May 6
      A. Lion permalink

      Jailhouse romance can be a real pain in the ass.

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    • 2010 May 6

      I dunno sarajean, it may not be dead but it sure has gotten lazy since wayyyyy back in the day when I was dating.

      *adjusts her shawl, kicks off her orthopedics, leans cane against rocking chair, and sits down…painfully slowly*

      Let me tell you about when I was a young lass….

      We met people in person, face-to-face, and decided on the spot whether or not to waste precious time on them. If they passed muster, we’d actually talk to them, get to know them, and their families, before we’d ever dream of holding hands…and not, that’s not a euphemistic way of saying boink…it means holding hands.

      This all took time and effort, oh and a modicum of social skills.

      Nowadays, all you have to do is post something unintelligible on craigslist, and the object of your affections will rush to your side.

      Of course, later there’ll be a nasty courtroom drama played out, complete with absolutely legitimate questions like “Whodababbydaddy?”

      *nods off in mid-rock*

      Adores: 19
      • 2010 May 6
        Lola permalink

        CJ, imagine how confusing it is for those of us who started off more like what you describe from your youth and have had the landscape mutate into its current state. Although, it has helped me appreciate a man with good writing skills even more so than formerly, and I don’t think that’s ALL bad. 8)

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        • 2010 May 6

          I’ve told my husband, of 30+ years, many times that if I were dating today, I’d be known as the crazy woman who lives with her cats.

          I’d never subject myself to the kind of crap I’ve seen my younger friends, and my own kids, wade through.

          *climbs off soapbox*

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          Bianchi Sound permalink

          Wait, your husband ?

          Adores: 3

        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          Ya heer dat! She aperciats mee!1!elebentry!1Sexyfingers!11!gerberts1

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 May 6

          damn, I missed the whole gerberts thing.

          I’m going to have to go read it all now aren’t I?

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        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Yes, Dev, you do. (You’ll be sorry, or sor confused, if you don’t)

          Hey, and be nice to CJ, she’s earned a right to be happy by her blender and lost shaker of salt.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          “Good writing skills”

          I’m glad penmanship didn’t count, because if it did I never would have gotten… Umm – the chance to reproduce.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          TheCarpathian permalink

          I used to have rather mediocre writing skills. Now, apparently, I’ve been told I have good writing skills. I’m also quite confident that I haven’t gotten any better at it. Maybe it’s the field I’m in (engineering), where most people can’t write (and half barely know English), or maybe it’s the state of the language in general. Either way, hooray for lowered bars!!!

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Dunno, always thought, should I win the lotto, that raising the bar would help keep the non-ladder-owning riff-raff out.

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  2. 2010 May 6
    Grampdaddy permalink

    [continuation of above two postings]

    I’ve moved since we last met, and you can now find me trolling at a Starbucks. I saw you the other night with two friends. You had a red Coach purse. You have pink roses growing in front of your green house with yellow shutters. Your bathroom shade doesn’t come all the way to the bottom of the window. That’s a really interesting birthmark you have on your bre……… Gotta go.

    Adores: 25
    • 2010 May 6
      TacoMagic permalink

      Wasn’t this in the third sequal to grumpy old men? I think the movie was called “Dirty Old Men” wasn’t it?

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      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Either that or “When Harry Forgot Sally”.

        Adores: 13
      • 2010 May 6
        lost_compass permalink

        I think it was finally released as “While You Were Peeping”.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 May 6
          Innana permalink

          “You’ve Got Male”

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          mudslicker permalink

          I think more like “While You Were Having Trouble Peeing”…..

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Hey Mudsy, was that an “old man” crack?

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 7
          mudslicker permalink

          Grampdaddy-o: Don’t be talking to me about any old men’s cracks now!

          *Prostrate and genuflect now*

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 7
          mudslicker permalink

          I meant to type *prostate and genuflect* but my brain wouldn’t let my fingers do it.

          I plead the TM Fifth on not having an adequate supply of coffee yet this morning.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        MandaB permalink

        No trouble peeing. She wet on that ride, remember?

        Adores: 4
  3. 2010 May 6
    TacoMagic permalink

    Blond with the luscious lolli – M4W

    We were at Disneyland, you were blond and carefree. I was in the black stroller wearing the Mickey ears, you were in a pink stroller holding one of those comically large lollipops. You had bitten off a chunk from the top. I wish I would have said hi, but was afraid of cooties. If anyone has seen her, please let her know I’m looking. I’m pretty sure she lives somewhere in the continental United States.

    Adores: 23
    • 2010 May 6
      LimeLolly permalink

      She doesn’t have the lollipop anymore.

      Just so you know.

      Adores: 4
  4. 2010 May 6
    Windrose permalink

    Here we see the mating habits of the Sparky in the urban setting. The males who use this method are all past their prime, and will do anything to get a mate. They do not care if it’s a temporary arrangement. The females who respond are all either previously rejected by higher status males, mentally ill, or worst of all, fooled into believing the male is actually a good catch.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      CapnMac permalink

      Uhm, Dame Attenbrough, I’m thinking a case can be made that these “males” never had a prime. And, having been oxygen-thieved most of their existnece, are now wasting leptons online.

      Adores: 3
  5. 2010 May 6
    A. Lion permalink

    Wow, motorcycle rides are more exciting than I thought…

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6
      Grampdaddy permalink

      Must have been real exciting – I would think that you would remember if you ‘wet on motorcycle ride’ – just seems like something that would stick in your mind….

      “It was a gorgeous day. Bright sun, perfect blue sky, and you and me heading out for your bike. We jumped on, roaring down the open highway with the sun on our skin and the wind blowing our hair – and then, and then…. you wet all over the freakin’ bike, Bimbo! Geez, my pants stuck to my butt the rest of the afternoon…”

      Just sayin’, seems like you’d remember.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 May 6
        A. Lion permalink

        Gramps, you took the ‘wet’ and ‘exciting’ thing in a different direction than I was going, but I like what you’ve done with it.

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        • 2010 May 6

          I have to admit Lion, my mind went where yours did there, which is nowhere near where Grampdaddys went.

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        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Admittedly, my mind initially went the same direction yours did. However, I decided to try to elevate my level of (something) to a higher standard – and, failing that, I went for the potty humor.

          Too much elementary school exposure, perhaps?

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        LimeLolly permalink

        She remembers, that’s why she ain’t callin’! He drove like a frickin’ maniac with a death wish.*

        *Um, that’s just a guess. 8)

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 May 6
        CapnMac permalink

        Well, having seen some downright anti-evolutionary behaviour around Panama City . . .
        The potential for combining
        bicycle riding
        motorcycle riding
        Surflines
        Beach sand
        wetting
        dampness
        and
        Humidity

        Makes for a tangled matrix of ick.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Wow Capn – read that twice and mentally added a ‘d’ to one word – did not want THAT as a tangled matrix.

          *leaves room to boil brain*

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        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Well, and you started the whole redneckin’ bikin’ wet party ‘stravaganza idea in the first place . . .

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        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          “Redneckin’ Bikin’ Wet Party” sounds like a great name for a Country Western Band – leadin’ off with their hit single “My bike got wet, so’s I took my dog and pickup and went home” – the refrain goes:

          “and my pickup hated the walk,
          my pickup hated the walk.
          The dog started growlin, the bimbo was howlin’
          Yes, the pickup hated the walk.”

          Adores: 5
  6. 2010 May 6
    tigprincess permalink

    This is DOR from the Church of the Avenging Sinners in Manchester. WHY DIDN’T YOU PHONE? The car was repossessed, my Mom ran off with the popcorn vendor from the movies, my dog died and you never phoned. Now you’re getting in touch again I will tell the Angel Gabriel and he will avenge me for all the bad luck you have put on me.

    Adores: 4
  7. 2010 May 6
    MandaB permalink

    THIS is when a snake infested Port-O-Potty is the perfect gift!!!! I mean, nothing says “I’m sorry for losing your number after our bike ride during bike week six years ago, mysterious redheaded Coyote Ugly 37-year old woman” like that special sort of present.

    If that doesn’t work, I bet 30 #2 meat Gerberts will.

    Adores: 5
    • 2010 May 6
      Grampdaddy permalink

      37 year old red-head already met Gerbert – he was the one who lost the number. He’s also definitely #2, and the 30 was actually supposed to be 300 – as in pounds of bike ridin’ fun.

      ‘Get your motor runnin’
      Head out on the highway.
      Lookin’ for adventure,
      but I lost your number….

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        A. Lion permalink

        He should have sent it off in a letter to himself.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 May 6
          Irregular Fractal permalink

          I think he did, but he misaddressed it. I got this envelope in the mail with 867-5309 scrawled on a bar napkin, with the accompanying phrase, “For a good time, call.”

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          Lola permalink

          You’re lucky it was a bar napkin and he didn’t chisel out the chunk of (barroom? bathroom?) wall that it was originally on.

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        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Ah, I was thinking more “Steppenwolf” – Born to be Wild…

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    • 2010 May 6
      TacoMagic permalink

      As a professional stalker, I’ve always enjoyed the subtlety that you can only get with a truck full of bees. It’s the perfect gift for the person who belongs to you.

      Adores: 8
      • 2010 May 6
        MandaB permalink

        Mrs. Taco is clearly a lucky woman.

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        • 2010 May 6
          Lola permalink

          Especially when he saved her from the bees in the truck! That was a genius move, by the way – send her into anaphylactic shock and then rescue her with the Epi-pen! What woman wouldn’t marry you and have your miniTaco out of gratitude?!

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      • 2010 May 6
        LimeLolly permalink

        Honey. Bees be mine?

        How sweet. Your first date was in the ER. She has the wristband to prove it, too.

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        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          and she’s getting a matching pair of scorpions for Mother’s Day.

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  8. 2010 May 6
    Innana permalink

    Remember to leave clothes in the meadow. I might look older or younger than you remember me next time we meet.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      CapnMac permalink

      Yay, avatar!

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      • 2010 May 6
        Innana permalink

        Many thanks, Capn. And I ask you, do these breasts look they need to be peeled and lifted?

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        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          For some reason that makes me visualize breasts as Colorforms.
          “More fun than when we were kids!* Peel them off and stick them anywhere!” Which leads to;

          Bathtime at the Andersons!

          (interior bathroom, two small children are bathing and sticking Colorforms to the tiles)

          “Mom, Peter’s nipple keeps falling off the wall!”

          *That is the actual slogan.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Sounds like something that would have the Department of Antiquities after me with the pitchforks and PhDs crowd of revolting pendants.

          Unless the avatar is a quite clever tromp l’oeil, in which case there are probably all sorts of regulations barring or preventing such comments publicly.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          The answer is either (E) – none of the above, or (K) – Naked

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      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Do love the avatar, but have to ask: is it cold where you are? Looking at the picture makes me think it might be nippy there.

        Oh, nevermind…

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  9. 2010 May 6
    MandaB permalink

    Re: redhead at panamacity bike week

    I tihink Im the Kelly you are looking for but Im 43 not 37 but that was 6 years ago so maybe I dont remember I lost your number to but i ben busy ecause I had a babay his name is Cyoty Handlebars Sparkerson If it is you tell me why I named him that then I will no it is you because you should remember from that ride we wet on and by the way he is 5 1/2 so if it is you maybe then we need to talk sum about stuff.

    Adores: 20
    • 2010 May 6
      CapnMac permalink

      Ah, so you’ve been to the “Redneck Riviera” before, then?

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      • 2010 May 6
        MandaB permalink

        No, and yet I know the phrase “assless chaps” is redundant. Go figure.

        Adores: 2
  10. 2010 May 6
    TacoMagic permalink

    *Holds out his card for a punch*

    Yay, I was in a slump there for a while :).

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6
      MandaB permalink

      It’s almost enough to make you rethink partially thawed hot dogs and blenders!

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6
      sarajean80 permalink

      You should have mentioned your fear of dangling your processed meat stick over razor-sharp spinning blades of destruction sooner.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 May 6
        sarajean80 permalink

        Me likey the new avvie, by the by. Will I be exposing my ignorance if I ask,”Who dat?”

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          He’s “Steve” from a webcomic I did back in my early college days. The other avvie was “Helmbot” from the same.

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    • 2010 May 6
      mudslicker permalink

      Geez… get out the Vaseline. It’s time to grease the threshold so Taco can get his head through again.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 May 6
        TacoMagic permalink

        Gonna need more than grease to get my huge ego into the room. Somebody pour my ego a hypothetical meatshake!

        My wife tells me that there’s been no living with me since I started showing everyone my massive link.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 May 6
          Lola permalink

          I wouldn’t want to live with a flasher, either!

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          A Google search has uncovered a real fictional restaurant called Meat Shake. No luck yet on a meatloaf smoothie, hot or cold.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          In fairness, seeing as how [adult swim] has ruined me, I’m still coping with the scary merger of the Shake-zuma with Meatwad.

          I’m even more frightened about sending a link off to the ATHF team.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          re: TM, ego, grease (above)

          We seem to be back to the 5 gallons of Astroglide from yesterday’s comments.

          *Note to The Magic Taco – may help with your massive link, too. Glad to be of help.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6

          you sure it’s not just a rather old can of Cresco?

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        sarajean80 permalink

        No, no, no! I do not want the words “Taco” and “Vaseline” together in my head!

        Adores: 3
  11. 2010 May 6
    SilvaNoir permalink

    So I may have lost contact with a guy for 7 years and reconnected by sending notes through the internet… but we knew more about eachother than hair color and favored mode of transportation.

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    • 2010 May 6

      OT..OT..OT

      Silva, just got my CatMath t-shirt this morning and you, my dear, have outdone yourself! It is soooooo cute, and so filled with references that only devotess of YSaC will get. I love it!!

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 May 6
        SilvaNoir permalink

        I worked with a much bigger file so I could get the detail in, glad it was able to transfer well to the shirt. And tried to make it so the casual observer would see cute kittens, and not think much of it, but those who know, KNOW. 😉

        Adores: 4
    • 2010 May 6
      Sheeple permalink

      Got you beat, my reconnection happened after 12 years.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        SilvaNoir permalink

        Well you win. I didn’t know it was a contest, but you win.

        Adores: 3
      • 2010 May 6
        Lola permalink

        Fifteen, but not to rekindle. (He got married.) Still, it was nice to say hi.

        Adores: 0
  12. 2010 May 6
    Grampdaddy permalink

    O/T, but felt I had to share since it seemed so CL.

    Received one of THOSE emails and part of it caught my eye in the preview pane:

    “We offer high-quality Viagra As Ham Years”

    Creates so many questions, such as:

    How many is a ‘ham year’?

    Does the Viagra come in an oval can with agar inside and a key on the bottom?

    Is there a warning stating “If you have a ham lasting more than four hours (or four years) see your doctor (or butcher) immediately”?

    If you are Jewish or Muslim, can you take this Viagra?

    Oy!

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 May 6
      Innana permalink

      Well, I’VE been getting repeated emails telling me to bare, peel and lift my breasts. I was thinking of a restraining order, but I’m enjoying the attention.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        SilvaNoir permalink

        PEEL them? D: That sounds painful *shudders*

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          So there I was standing in the bathroom with a vegetable peeler staring at my breasts in the mirror, when I thought to myself…

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          …”Self, I’m a man, I don’t have breasts.” And then I went and played video games for nine hours. It was the best day ever. The end.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          You don’t really like those movies where they leave the ending open ended do you, SJ?

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          No, no I don’t. It physically pains me. I must know how it ends.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          I crave the epilogue myself. But I can control the cravings with this new method of closure fulfillment. Whenever I find myself needing closure, I simply pull out the entire works of J.R.R. Tolkien and remind myself that there is such a thing as too much closure.

          Adores: 11
      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        For the record: I did not, nor do I have any knowledge of sending said emails.

        However, should you desire, I could assist with baring and lifting.

        Please respond through CL – use the codeword ‘Gerberts’ so I will know it is you.

        Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 7

        Did you pick this avatar dear? Or were you forced to post here in the alltogether?

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 7
          Innana permalink

          Well, geez. Should I cover up?

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    • 2010 May 6
      Lola permalink

      I keep getting emails about “pleasing her.” Given that I prefer men, have a male pet, and no children, the only “her” I have even a passing interest in pleasing (and even then, only if it pleases me) is my mother. However, what they are suggesting would, in that context, be unethical/immoral/a violation of social taboos, if not also against the law! Just thinking about that has me searching for my flask.*

      *I do actually own a flask.**

      **I don’t bring it to work or many other places, though.***

      ***Family gatherings: yes.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 May 6
        SilvaNoir permalink

        The Spam e-mailers think I’m a man interested in V1AGra, enhancing my [male traits], women, other men, and/or fake Rolex watches. There is no possibility to them that I am, in fact, a straight female and have a working watch.

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          I am apparently an aging male homeowner who is primarily concerned with my waning libido, receding hairline, and mortgage products available for my non-exsistent home, as well video-chatting with “hott single girls in your area”. (I am a (relatively) “hott” girl living in my area, but if I started chatting with myself there would probably be talk of medication and long term in-patient care.)

          Adores: 8
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          I keep getting letters from the AARP in my snail mail. Apparently as a man over the age of 60 I should consider joining so I could recieve all these awesome benefits.

          My breasts are also too small, apparently. More Funyuns for me I guess.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          From the FritoLay Website:

          “FUNYUNS® Onion Flavored Rings are a unique combination of great taste, great crunch and good fun™ rolled into one great chip.”

          *Pulls a Funyun out of the bag and stares at it*

          “Whee, haha. What fun.”

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 May 6

          Yeah, it also says that FUNYUNS® are “playful”. I don’t know about you, but for me the little bastards are just lyin’ there.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 May 6
          Innana permalink

          The word “Fun” is now trademarked?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          jg – Do you think they are just going through the motions for old times’ sake? I’ve heard they have a thing with Doritos on the side.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 May 6
          Funyun Sound permalink

          “The word “Fun” is now trademarked?”

          Jesus, I’ll never get a new business name…

          Adores: 6
      • 2010 May 6

        “*I do actually own a flask.**

        **I don’t bring it to work or many other places, though.***

        ***Family gatherings: yes.”

        Note to self: stop bring flask to work

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          You should get one of these fancy vacuum bottle thermoses.(Thermosi?) Everyone has one and they keep…beverages nice and icy-cold for hours.

          Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      A. Lion permalink

      Hambone.

      Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      From wikipedia:
      Ham years (abbreviated pky) are a unit of measure in metaphysical theoretical biophysics. 1 pky is equivalent to the half-life of 1 standard can of original SPAM. The precise value of this unit of measure has yet to be established, although current estimates at the Center for Advanced Meat-based Experimentation Laboratory Of Toronto (CAMELOT) put the value at approximately 2.718 x 10^53 years.

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 May 6
        TacoMagic permalink

        It’s different from a Twinkie Year, which is an irrational number used to describe universal matter-energy conversion.

        Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Seems appropriate, Sir Taco – most of the conversations are irrational, with a creamy filling.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        CapnMac permalink

        Aptly, the dryer having intruded Borg-like into our sublimnity today, I had casue to note my catulator.

        He was demonstrating the graphic method of striking off a golden section. This demonstration being slightly marred by being longer than the requisite line by both head and hind legs over the edge of the lounging box.

        I translated the “mrrr`” and a leg wave as “silly human; laundry, ha!”

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam,spam…..

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          phedregirl permalink

          Can I have the Spam, eggs, sausage and Spam? Or perhaps the lobster thermidor a Crevette with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and Spam?

          *Cue the Vikings*

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          rampdaddy permalink

          And now, for something completely different:

          Gerbert pudding-on-a-stick –with Spam.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Ten permalink

          how do you get pudding to stay on a stick?

          sorry, I’m being too literal here aren’t I?

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          OMG!! – I’ve been cut off on the on-ramp.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          In some parts of the U.S. (not sure if anywhere else) Jello made something called ‘Pudding Pops’ – a somewhat nasty frozen pudding thing on a stick. Think “library paste blended with artificial chocolate”.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Ten permalink

          that doesn’t sound very appealing, sorry.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Grampdaddy permalink

          “Gerbert Pudding-on-a-Stick with Spam” or “Pudding Pops”?

          The correct answer is (E)-All of the above.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          Ten permalink

          as in, all of the above are awful?

          or just all of the above ARE?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          MandaB permalink

          [True story]

          Whilst pregnant with non-Gerbert eater #1, I did have a vicious craving for Jello Pudding Pops. After searching at five different grocery stores in one day, I gave up. Apparently they are no longer made (or at least were not readily available at the time.) Grumpy pregnant woman on a mission with a craving for frozen pudding on a stick is not a pretty sight.

          [/true story]

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6

          Space Food Sticks.

          Anyone?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6

          my mum was lucky in that respect, her cravings were for all things sour, raw cooking apples, raw rhubarb, and oddly licorice.

          Luckily, at that time my parents had a large garden, with an apple tree and lots of rhubarb plants, oh and a small shop within 5 minutes walk that to this day sells some damn fine licorice.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          MandaB permalink

          [also true story]

          The rhubarb cravings were with Not.a.Gerbert #3. Sadly, rhubarb was not available in any form in the dead of winter. Thankfully that craving passed quickly and was then replaced with a craving for horseradish. It could have been worse, I suppose. I could have craved cheese dip from Not.A.Lionel.

          [/also true story]

          Adores: 1
  13. 2010 May 6
    mudslicker permalink

    Oh Lord, #2 is the virtual doppelganger of The Bridges of Madison County. Truth IS stranger than fiction.

    They should really put the ad in National Geographic.

    Adores: 1
  14. 2010 May 6
    Lola permalink

    Somewhat OT – is anyone else having trouble getting Adores or comments or the site or the link to this entry to load?

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6

      Yes, I had concocted a very witty reply to the spam e-mail conversation and when I hit “comment” it came back with a 503 error.

      On the plus side, if 503 is a step up from 404 I feel like some-body now…lol

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 May 6
        Innana permalink

        Here too. It’s resisting my opinions.

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          And also seems to be eating posts, since I just posted a “ditto” that should be right about here.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Dunno, opnions delivered as if carved from stone can be intimidating, even to the interwebs

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Innana permalink

          When I say opinions, I mean facts,
          and when I say resist, I mean have a death wish.

          And delivered should be read as granted, naturally.

          So let it be written, so let it be done.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Windrose: Please take note of CJ’s witty and beautifully snarky post concerning spam e-mail, which was eaten by the ether. It should be considered for a punch in the not.a.post category. I found it refreshingly fresh and cordially cordial, with just a hint of pedantic pedantry. However, I did not find it on the page.

        Oh, the Damn-ed pain of unrequited snark.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6

          hmmm, that might make a good band name

          Unrequited Snark opening tonight for CJ and the Spambots.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          Windrose permalink

          I, too, have been treated unfairly while trying to post the first comment today! I hit the submit button, and it took HOURS to finally tell me it wasn’t even going to think about loading my comment. I had to reconstruct it, call in late to work, repost, and wait an agonizing length of time before it finally showed up, like 5th or something. *grumbles about indignities and whippersnappers and such*

          Adores: 3
    • 2010 May 6

      I haven’t said anything, but for the past week or so the site has seemed very slow, and I have received a lot of “site not available” type messages.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6
      mudslicker permalink

      I’ve been stuck with server error problems for 3 days now but today seems to be particularly frustrating. I think the site keeps getting hung up on loading the ads. I’ve given up after 2 posts.

      Adores: 0
    • 2010 May 6

      It has been slow for the last few days. I’m testing various configurations to see what’s causing the problem; I know that my hosting provider has had some issues recently as well, so that might be part of it.

      I do think the ads are slowing it down. I’m aware, and I’m working on it.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        Cougar Life permalink

        Just don’t blame me!

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          I can blame you because your creepy pedo-pics have started popping up again.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6

          OK, no more C****r L**e again ever….I mean, I’ll tell that guy who’s always putting up that stupid avatar to stop it.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Lola permalink

          Oh, damn. Those bitches who must not be named are back, even if jg did use asterisks! 🙁

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Jen permalink

          Growing up with a fiercely Catholic Irish nana, I can only think of one entity known to appear when you say its name, AND I can prove it, Dan Brown styles:

          If C****r = not.a.lion,
          And Lion = Christ (thankyou Charles Staples Lewis)
          Therefore C****r = not.a.Christ = Ohemgee!!!

          CL = black sabbath (and not the cool band with the Pantene hair, either).

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6

          pantene hair? actually…….you might be right there

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        sarajean80 permalink

        It’s not like you’re doing anything else during finals week. Teachers just lounge beside the pool all day sipping mai-tais, right?

        Adores: 6
      • 2010 May 6
        CapnMac permalink

        Well, today, the one 503 I had, self-resolved. This was with all the ads loaded, too. Mind you, I cleared cache and cookies and TIF last night, too.

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        Lola permalink

        Since you indicated it was finals week, I didn’t really want to complain. I mean, you’re giving exams and grading … because that’s your job! We, on the other hand, are … well, I don’t know what we are. A hobby? In any case, not your job.
        Observation: this is worse when I am at work, using a PC and IE, than at home with a Mac and Firefox. No idea why this is so.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          TacoMagic permalink

          You, SJ, Mudsy and Inna are my hobby.

          Err. I’m being ironic. Yeah, that’s it; ironic.

          Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go put on my chipmunk costume and ghillie suit.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          My hobby is building homemade stun guns, in fact I just finished one and need to test it out on someone something.

          *hears rustling noise outside*

          Oh, look! A chipmunk!

          Adores: 9
        • 2010 May 6
          Innana permalink

          TM, I’m not that Inna you. I am Innana. Unless it’s someone else who is your hobby; in either case I must smite you.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Earworm of “Love is a Battlefield” your Sumerian Highness

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          Got it covered, girl.

          *ZZZT!*

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 May 6
          mudslicker permalink

          Hobby? Why do I suddenly feel like a Lionel train? Or is that a Lionel Richie cheese head?

          Taco! Get thee to a terrarium!

          Nice new avatar BTW… that helmet will come in handy in the padded room.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          CapnMac permalink

          Lionel Train? Wasn’t he a character in “Myrder by Death”?

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 May 6
      CapnMac permalink

      Today has been wobbly, especially with Adores.
      But, not so bad as in previous times of woe.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 May 6

      I have to be honest, the last couple of days I’ve been so frustrated with error message etc I’ve just given up and gone off to read a book or something instead.

      I did email drmk to let her know of course.

      Today’s the first day I’ve been able to get on properly, and it’s still very slow.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        Windrose permalink

        Hmm, could it have anything to do with the election, Dev?

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6

          maybe, but I’ve never known something that trivial to get in the way on my life online before.

          (and yes, I am joking)

          Adores: 2
  15. 2010 May 6
    LimeLolly permalink

    It may not be ‘An die ferne Geliebte’ but I can still picture them. Sitting on a hill of dirty laundry, the weak glow of the laptop illuminating their pinched white faces. Clearly, they have struggled to remember any and all details of that fateful meeting. If only their ‘Beloved’ would see it and respond with the same fervor that they have vested in that one passing, passionate moment.

    “Because everyone knows that CL ads work”. At least that’s what they tell themselves as they drown their pain in that cold 44 alcoholic libation.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      TacoMagic permalink

      I think these are the guys whom the neighborhood says “Seemed so quiet and nice” after the authorities find the skull that was turned into a cereal bowl.

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 May 6
        lost_compass permalink

        Yum. Kellogg’s Raisin Brain.

        Adores: 15
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          Gives a new spin on “Capt’n Crunch”.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          mudslicker permalink

          Two scoops???

          Adores: 3
    • 2010 May 6
      LimeLolly permalink

      Has anybody seen my cat?

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 May 6
        TacoMagic permalink

        Yeah I saw her in the bushes outside. She tas- looked fine. I wouldn’t worry.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6
          LimeLolly permalink

          My cat is male. Dammit. I hope someone is choking on a huge hairball right now.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          You can borrow one of mine,LL. I have spares.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          mudslicker permalink

          LL: That’s a funny name for a cat. Dammit. I used to have a dog named Comeer.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 May 6
          LimeLolly permalink

          Hahaha. Never thought to name my cat that. Actually, I just might have to, would explain so much of the cat’s personality.

          *I was actually trying to be subtle in implying someone ate my cat, per TM’s post. I forgot to bring my sledge hammer, next time, though– BAM right in the kisser!

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          My mom had a cat named Stupid once, it was the only name it would answer to. She tried severel others before getting frustrated and saying, “Come here, stupid!” It did and the name stuck.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 May 6

          my cats all have quite cat like names, what I actually call them on the other hand can vary depending on my mood and their behaviour.

          One has actually become known to everyone now as dumbf*ck as a result of this.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          My dad has christened Firefly “Psycho-Twitch” because of her… mercurial personality. (It’s like she has a feline version of ADHD. She even twitches in her sleep.)

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 7

          My cat has a name, but it’s only so when I call the vet to make an appointment they have something to put in their schedule. Mostly I call him fatcat or littleman. He answers to neither, unless there’s food involved.

          Adores: 2
  16. 2010 May 6
    Innana permalink

    From SHOWBIKE:

    I used to dream I would discover
    The perfect biker some day
    I was sure I’d recognize him
    The moment he biked round my way.
    I always thought Coyote Ugly
    Would hold a dude just right for me,
    With a giant arm, with a space uninked
    For my face and form, or initials linked.

    Along came Bill,
    An ordinary guy;
    He doesn’t have a thing that you can brag about.
    His memory,
    It’s clear to me
    So empty and loony;
    In looks, no George Clooney.

    An encounter brief–
    SIX years ago, good grief!
    Hey, buddy, you must chill.
    We just wet for a ride.
    Now he thinks I’m his bride.
    Somebody, kill this Bill.

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 May 6
      LimeLolly permalink

      This just makes me think of Ray Stevens, ‘Along Came Jones’, not sure why.

      Slow walking Jones
      Slow talking Jones
      Along came long, lean, lanky Jones.

      No connection from here to there, at all.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6
        Innana permalink

        Well, I just thought… wait, what?
        Ray Stevens?

        Even Stevens
        John Paul Stevens
        Darren Stevens
        Wallace Stevens
        Ted Stevens
        or even Cat Stevens

        would have given me less pause.
        I think.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          LimeLolly permalink

          Be glad you’re not in my head!

          The rabbit trails are killer around here.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6

          rabbit trails? No, I don’t want know…….

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          sarajean80 permalink

          Wait, I know!

          Oh, no.. it’s gone now…

          No, there it is!

          Wait, yes! No, sorry, lost it again.

          Oooh, shiny…

          *wanders off*

          Adores: 3
  17. 2010 May 6
    MandaB permalink

    Sparky #1 left off one important detail. DOR was wearing a very elaborate white dress and veil and seemed very flustered. Her mother kept saying, “Really, it’s a sign. Getting lost on the way to the church…I told you he’s not good enough for you…I told you that you should have had the wedding in Stamford. What? Why are you looking at me like that? I’m just trying to help…”

    Adores: 7
  18. 2010 May 6

    M4W

    Hey Kelly.
    Remember me?
    I sold you that table you took for free. Did you get that gift I sent?
    I couldn’t remember your address, but sent it anyway. Sorry about the snake, I forgot I left Timmy in there. I liked your idea for getting computer parts. I put on a few pounds since then, but, you know, ‘s all good. I did get a torn Hello Kitty mousepad though.
    But seriously, we should hook up. I found a writer for my project. It’s about this evil dude who chases you.
    Oh, gotta go. mom’s at the top of the steps raggin’ on me again ’bout gettin’ a job.
    I wonder how much I could get for that can of Crisco in the corner.
    Call me xxx-xxxx

    Adores: 4
    • 2010 May 6
      sarajean80 permalink

      You want me to call you Ex Ex Ex Dash Ex Ex Ex Ex? That seems a little unwieldy.

      Adores: 2
    • 2010 May 6
      sarajean80 permalink

      You want me to call you “Ex Ex Ex Dash Ex Ex Ex Ex”? That seems a little unwieldy.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 May 6
        LimeLolly permalink

        Doesn’t x= kiss? That just makes it awkward, I think.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 6
          Lola permalink

          Is the dash silent? That’s what I’m wondering.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 May 6

        All my x’s live in Texas.
        I’m hoping they’ll read this and give me a call.
        I’m planning a reunion.
        OH JOY!

        *Wait, Joy’s not an x. And Dash was kinda the silent type.

        Adores: 1
      • 2010 May 6
        MandaB permalink

        No, the dash is pronounced “stinkwater jellyfish phlebotomist”. It is a common pronounciation error among those not fluent in French prevential.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 May 6

          that explains soooo much.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 May 7
          CapnMac permalink

          “It’s spelled ‘Luxury-Yacht,’ but pronounced ‘Throat-warbler Mangrove’!”

          Adores: 0
  19. 2010 May 6
    CapnMac permalink

    “6 yaers ago”

    And, just how many nay votes ago?

    Adores: 0
  20. 2010 May 6
    CapnMac permalink

    “license plate : DOR”

    DOR = Data on Request?

    Sparkie: “Hi, my plate is ABC 123, was it me?”
    Sparky: “Are you hot and REAL!!!!FUN!!!!?
    Sparkie: “No, but I have an ice-green pron dress!”
    Sparky: “Wet on a bike?”
    Sparkie: “I don’t ride.”
    Sparky: “Was that you sneaking an extra cup holder into your Vuitton bag at 1018 at the Buckstars with the veinte lite mochalatte with a coupon next to the major in the study with a churro?”
    Sparkie: “No, I had a mochachinno.”
    Sparky: “Sorry, not your car” [hangs up phone, goes back to telescopes]

    Adores: 1
  21. 2010 May 6
    Windrose permalink

    Taco Sexy Magic Fingers, I now pronounce you Stalker of the Day! Punchity Punch Punch!

    And, Space Bug, here’s an honorary Punchity for you! 8)

    Adores: 1
  22. 2010 May 6

    Sappy or creepy?

    How about seepy?

    Adores: 1
  23. 2010 May 7
    Windrose permalink

    Oh, almost forgot!

    G’Night, Panama City!

    Adores: 1
  24. 2010 May 7
    mudslicker permalink

    Before moving on, I just had to do this. I kept humming this all day yesterday.

    On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair,
    An die ferne Geliebte, rising up through the air…..

    *carry on*

    Adores: 2
  25. 2010 May 7
    crankyme permalink

    Been scanning through all of this internet flirting to see if anyone had already posted what I was about to say, but I ran out of patience after the bazillionth reply. Please forgive me if someone has already mentioned it.

    That first one is a Church of Scientology come-on.

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 May 12
      whit nestor .tanks permalink

      Oh, geez. How did you learn that? Are you Sure? Because that really creeps me out.

      Adores: 0
  26. 2010 June 16
    Julia permalink

    Needs “speeling prolbems” tag

    Adores: 0

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